Veterinary surgeon&#39;s float.



` Patented luly I, |902. P. J. WEBER. v

v VETERINARY suRGEoNs FLoAT.

(Application filed Feb. 19, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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UNITE 'STATES PAUL J. lVEDER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO FIRM OF SHARP (it SMITH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. l

VETERINARY SURGEONS FLOAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,869, dated July 1, 1902.

" Application tiled February 19,1902. Serial No. 94,752. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it 11mg/ concern.- vided on its outer end with suitable means Be it known that I, PAUL J. lVEDER, a citifor attachment to the holder 7 and such shank zen of the United States, residing at Chicago, or stem being of a diameter to adapt it to fit in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and move Within the -tube 10. The outerend 55 5 have invented certain new and useful Imof the tube 10 is slit in a number of places, provements in Veterinary Surgeons Floats, forming thereby a plurality of lips 11, upon of which the followingis a specification, refthe inner face of one of `which' is secured a erence being had to the accompanyingr drawblock 12. Such block may be secured by a ings. suitable rivet 13 or in any other suitable 6o 1o This invention relates to improvements in manner.

veterinary surgeons instruments of the type 14 indicates a long channel or groove exknown as lioats. It is highly desirable in` tending longitudinally of the stem or shank 9 instruments of this character that the handle and of a width to adapt it to receive the block be made adjustable, so as to more perfectly 12,`independent rotation of either the stem or 65 15 adapt the instrument for Work upon diferent shank 9 or the tube 10 being prevented when teeth, as well as to enable it to be shortened said block is within the channel or groove 14. into the smallest possible limits, so as to be 15 `indicates a stop located within and near in more compact form for transportation. It the rear end of the groove or channel 14 and is of importance that the handle when adadapted when the stem'or shank is drawn out 7o 2o just-ed to the desired position for Work be held to abut against the rear end of the block 12, absolutely rigid, so as to prevent turning axiand so prevent the disconnection of said stem .ally or being moved endwise. or shank and its surrounding tube. In the It is the object of myinvention to provide form of constructionshown this stop 15 is in a device of this character, and I attain such the form of a screw, vwhich enters a screw- 75 z5 object by the combinations of devices illusthreaded opening adapted for it in the stem trated in the drawings andhereinafter def or shank and is placed in position after the scribed, and lthose thingswhich I believe to end of the stem or shank has been passed Vbe newwill be pointed out in the claims. into the tube 10 through a small hole 16,

Referring to the accompanying drawings, formed in the tube 10,just in rear of the end 8o 3o Figure lisa side elevation, the handle being of the block 12.

partly broken away. Figure 2 is a longitu- 17 indicates a sleeve fitted over the tube dinal vertical section, the end portions of the 10 near its forward endand held in place by' instrument being in elevation. Fig. 3 is a ascrew or pin 18 passing through one of the detail, being a perspective view of a portion lipsll, and in the construction shown and 85 35 of the handle and the locking means. Fig. 4 for greater strength passing also into the is a longitudinal vertical section of the parts block'13. The head of this pin or screw 18 shown in Fig.3. Fig. 5 is a detail, being a projects above the surface of the tube lO and perspective view of the outer end of the tulies within a spiral slot 19, formed in the bular portion of the handle; and Fig. 6 is a sleeve 17. The block 12 is very slightly in- 9o 4o cross-section, enlarged, taken at line G 6 of clined, being thickerat its outer than at its of Fig. 2. inner end, and by bringing pressure to bear Referring to the several figures of the drawat the forward portion, so as to force such ings, in which corresponding parts are indiblock down against the bottom of the chancated bythe same reference-numerals, 7 innel or groove 14, a frictional engagement will 95 45V dicatesa rasp-holder, the details of construcbe had between the parts 9 andlO sufficient tion of which are lnot represented,but which to hold them in a locked `position, and presa may beY ofY any suitable character.` sure of this character is caused by turning S indicates the proj ectingend of a rasp held the sleeve 17, so that it will, byk reason of the within the holder. The handle bar or rod engagement of its slot with the screw or pinY Ice 5o consists of two portionsa shank or stem 9 18, be caused to move forward, bringing the and a tube 10, the shank or stem being prolips iirmly against the stem or shank and foroing the block very tightly against the bottom of the channel or groove 14.

To readjust the parts to make the handle shorter or longer, the sleeve is given a re- 5 Verse turn, withdrawing it from the ends of the lips,thereby relieving the block from such close frictional engagement with the stem or shank, after which the parts can be set as desired 'and in the same manner as described Io again locked.

- The sleeve 17 has its outer surface roughened or corrugated, as indicated in the drawings, to enable it to be more firmly grasped by the user. This sleeve also acts at all times I5 to completely cover the holes 16 in the tube 10, through which the screw 15, that serves as a stop, is placed in position, and when it is desired to disconnect the parts-for any reason the screw 18 will be removed, allowing 2o the sleeve to be drawn back to expose the hole 16.

By myinvention I provide very cheap and simple means for permitting the handle to be changed in length to adapt it for different operations and also that enables it to be reduced in size to the minimum for convenience in carrying, and I also provide very effective Yeahs for holding the several parts of the alndle in unyielding engagement with each Thatwhich I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a handle, the combination with a tubular portion having its outer end slit to form lips, and a block secured on the inner face of one of said lips, of a stem or shank in said tubular portion adapted to be moved longitudinally thereof, said stem or shank having a longitudinal channel or groove and said 4o block being slidable in said channel or groove whereby considerable adjustment ot' said tugoo bular portion and stem or shank is obtained, a movable sleeve surrounding said tubular portion and provided with an inclined slot, and a projection on said tubular portion that enters said slot, substantially as specified..

2. In a handle, the combination with a tubular portion having at its outer end a lip, and a' block on the under face of said lip, said combined lip and block being thicker at the outer end than at the inner end, ot' a stem or shank in said tubular portion adapted to be moved longitudinally thereof, said stem or shankhavingalongitudinal channel orgroove and said block being slidable in said channel or groove whereby considerable adjustment of said tubular portion and stem or shank is obtained, and a movable sleeve surrounding said tubular portion and adapted to force said block tightly into said channel or groove, substantially as specified.

3. In a handle, the combination with a tubular portion having its outer end slit to form lips, and a block thicker at its outer end than at its inner end secured to the inner face of one of the lips, of a stem or shank in said tubular portion and adapted to be moved longitudinally thereof, said stem or shank having a longitudinal channel or groove adapted to receive said block, a removable stop in said channel or groove near the rear end thereof, and a movable sleeve surrounding said tubular portion and adapted to force said block tightly into said channel and serving also as a cover for an opening in the tubular portion through which the said stop is adapted to be entered and removed, substantially as speciiied.

PAUL J. l/VEDER. Witnesses:

JOHN L. JACKSON, ALBERT H. ADAMS. 

